Skull Parts Lab 2 Flashcards
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Parietal
Plates on top of head
Frontal
Plate on forehead
Occipital
Plate on back of head
Temporal
Sides of head
Zygomatic
Cheek bones
Sphenoid (cowboy Ros)
Optic canal Sella turcica (Turkish saddle) Foramen lacerum (lasso right next to the saddle) Foramen rotundum Foramen ovale Foramen spinosum
Ethmoid (baby crista)
Cribaform plate (crib) Crista galli (baby crista) Olfactory foramina (smelly old factory)
Lacrimal
Little bone by eye and nose
Maxilla
Top jaw
Nasal
Bridge of nose
Mandible
Lower jaw
Vomer
Divides nose
Palatine
Underneath view, between maxilla and vomer
Zygomatic process
Connection from cheek to temporal bone
Supraorbital Foramen
Tiny hole above eye
Infraorbital Foramen
Tiny hole below eye
Optic canal
Hole to eye, up next to sella turcica
Optical fissure
Giant hole behind eye
Mental Foramen
Hole in mandible (chin)
Coronal suture
Suture on crown of head, between frontal and parietal
Sagittal suture
Down middle of head
Lamboid suture
Between parietal and occipital
Squamous suture
Between temporal and parietal
Coronoid process
Front poky on mandible
Alveolar margins
Space between teeth
Mandibular notch
Between the pokys
Mandibular condyle
Back poky on mandible
Styloid process
Poky on underside
Mastoid process
Hill behind styloid
External acoustic meatus
Hole above mastoid
Foramen magnum
BIG hole in the middle
Internal acoustic meatus
Large hole next to magnum